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'''This event Lt-Colonel Monson's advance and retreat''' was part of the [[2nd Maratha War]]'''.
== Summary ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Lord Lake] wanted to contain the forces of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yashwantrao_Holkar Jaswant Rao Holkar] in Malwa and ordered [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101018993/ Lt-Colonel William Monson] with five battalions of native troops to guard the Bundi and Lasheri passes. Encouraged by local support at [[Kotah]], Monson advanced further south extending his lines of communication and supply. He was hoping to meet up with Colonel Murray moving north with a force from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington General Wellesley's] army. Unable to make contact with Murray and realising the threat from Holkar's forces, Monson decided to retreat to the Mokandara Pass. His rearguard of 2,000 cavalry and 500 Rajputs under Captain Lucan was annihilated by Holkar's 20,000 horse. Monson was harried all the way to Kotah where he was denied assistance by the Rajah. He lost considerable numbers of men and much baggage at the Mej and Bunaas River crossings, and finally arrived back at [[Agra ]] with a defeated rabble. Of the more than 10,000 in Monson's original force, only a few hundred survived. <br>
== Field Force ==
'''Monson's Detachment'''<br>
*2nd Btn [[2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|2nd Bengal Native Infantry]]
*2nd Btn [[8th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|8th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Lt-Col Patrick Don
*3,000 Irregular Horse under Lt Lucan, [[74th Regiment of Foot|74th Regiment]]
*1,500 Maratha Horse under Bapuji Sindhia
'''Reinforcements from Agra'''<br>
* [[1st Regiment of Brahman Infantry|2nd Btn 9th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Lt-Col M'Culloch
*1st Btn [[14th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|14th Bengal Native Infantry]] under Lt-Col Ashe
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906:<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/296/mode/1up Wiliam William Monson (1760-1807)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/445/mode/1up Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)]<br>
[http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/battles/c_monson.html Monson's Retreat] www.napoleon-series.org<br>
=== Historical Books on-line ===
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064123262#page/n303/mode/2up/ Monson's Advance and Retreat] www.archive.org
[[Category:2nd Maratha War| Monson's Advance and Retreat]]
